Information for Sheltie Families.

Meet the Shetland Sheepdog (or Sheltie):

He is a cousin of the Border Collie, a working dog extraordinaire. He is not a "miniature collie." Really, we mean it:

Here's what a Sheltie is: a helper. Shelties love to help. It's their raison d'être. Is your sheltie barking like a maniac at the walkers passing by? He's helping. This is news you need, folks. How can you just sit back here and let these, these people so near the house! I mean, what with the walking and all! It's anarchy!

Is your sheltie sitting by you as you eat chips on the couch, so close that you can feel his warm breath on your knuckles as the chips practically graze his whiskers? Helping. You might drop a chip, and then where would you be? You'd have chips in the carpet, and we can't have that! See how helpful?

Hello there? Are you doing something interesting in the kitchen? Hey, you're really focusing there - that looks complicated. How about I walk in between your legs and the cupboard? I'm just reminding you to stand back a bit from the countertop. After all, if you're chopping something and you move back away from the countertop (say, to accommodate a Sheltie-sized dog just passing through), then perhaps you might drop something. And then I can prove how helpful I really am! (Seriously, see "helping re: chips" above - it's the same principle).

Sheltie logic: read it and weep.

Posted: Sunday - November 20, 2005 at 07:41 PM | |